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HUNTER, Samuel Leonard
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX8389 |
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Enlisted: | 9 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park |
Born: | Magill, South Australia, 22 August 1914 |
Home Town: | Evandale, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Tractor Driver |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 8 December 1943, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 B 44, |
Memorials: | Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
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9 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX8389 | |
8 Dec 1943: | Involvement Private, SX8389, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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